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Research Time

Today is all about research after a marathon Saturday/Sunday game at Perdue Stadium. The game lasted five hours and five minutes. I’ll be honest – record keeping over the years has not been the strong suit of this franchise (that’s typical in Minor League Baseball because of ownership change and the turnover of staff members).

I found the 1997 Shorebirds media guide this morning and it has the 1996 day-by-day results. The longest game played in the inaugural year was 17-innings. On April 26 at Hickory, Delmarva won 6-5 in 17 innings.

I also found the 1998 yearbook with some information from 1997. On August 10 of 1997, the Shorebirds played an 18-inning marathon against Asheville. The Shorebirds won that game 2-1.

During the 2000 season, the Shorebirds played a 19-inning game. All I can find about the game is that it was played in six hours and 13 minutes. I am going to start looking for more information about the game.

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Perhaps record keeping should be turned over to a dedicated fan–in return for some season tickets or something!

What a game last night, though!

Too bad we didn’t pull through.

I was pretty impressed with Levi Carolus stepping up to the mount for us, but I was disappointed that the radar gun had already gone home for the night. Any idea what his pitch speed was? We were guessing about seventy five.

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